On Thu, 10 May 2001, Julia Jones wrote:
In message Pine.OSF.3.96.1010510173221.20082H-100000@bscomp, Iain Coleman ijc@bas.ac.uk writes
Outwith the ranks of B7 fandom, I've observed that women seem much less inclined to drool over Avon. Stephen Grief, now, that's another story. (And the less said about She Who Must Be Obeyed's remarks about the old and fat Gareth Thomas the better...)
Stephen Greif... <pauses to wipe chin>.
You do realise that you are risking the wrath of the Gorillas?
I think we may be at cross-purposes: She found Gareth 2001 a damn sight sexier than Blake 1978.
He may be
old and fat, but we still like him. He's cuddly. You're a bloke, you should be grateful that one day when you're old, and possibly fat (unlikely though that seems, you stick insect you)
I'm working on it.
, there is a
possibility that women may still fancy you.
The wife's taste in fat old guys (John Thaw especially, but even Fish for God's sake) gives me some grounds for optimism.
Iain